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Goodbye TiVo (raising rates from $12.95 to $19.95)

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Originally posted by: SaoFeng
i have a lifetime sub so i'm set 😀
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Me too. That was an easy decision at the time.

I can sell my Series 2 with lfietime for MORE than I paid for the subscription. Muahahahahahaha.
 
Originally posted by: fs5
Not to mention TiVo starts recording different shows on it's own depending on the shows you record or rate.
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This is hands down, my favorite feature. It's awesome. I had no idea Quantum Leap was still on somewhere, yet based on shows I had recorded, Tivo found it and recorded it as a suggestion. Same with Newsradio. I have the Tivo trained very well and it records enough stuff I like that there's always something there to watch.

It's what I'd miss most about my Tivo. You can do most everything else a Tivo does with a cable box, but the Tivo Suggestions are like magic.
 
Well I guess that's the end of my Tivo subscriptions. I guess I will upgrade to digital cable with a DVR
 
Originally posted by: dr150
Originally posted by: SaoFeng
i have a lifetime sub so i'm set 😀
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Panasonic Replay Lifetime FTW! 😀
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I have an original old school ReplayTV 3060 from Mercata(dot)com a few years ago.

It still works but requires a landline phone 🙁
 
They aren't changing the rates for current monthly subscribers, so I'll be staying at $6.95 each per month for 2 units. I won't be happy if I have to pay lots more, though. 🙁
 
...and to think I was seriously considering getting a Tivo box finally...

I guess I'll look into the Comcast DVR.
 
Yikes, thats a little expensive for a neat interface and predictive recording. Guess i'm sticking with my SA 8300 HD....
 
My parents have DirecTIVO, and I think thats pretty awesome

2 HD DirecTIVO + one non-HD DirectIVO connected to the slingbox for me to watch games not on TV where I am FTW

$6/month, no extra charge for multiple DirecTIVOs (beyond what DirecTV charges for each additional receiver)

Of that $6/month, I bet TiVo themselves gets no more than $4..but if we had regular DirecTV boxes plus additional TiVo units, not only would the usage be more clunky, we would be looking at $20+$14+14= $38/month just for DVR! outrageous..
 
Originally posted by: secretanchitman
windows xp media center edition with firewire recording FTW.
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Find me one that supports cable card, I'd I'm all over it. Until then, the Series 3 is all I got 🙁
 
This is one of the worst moves a drowning company can do. My series 2 is probably the best thing I have ever bought but TIVO deserves to go bankrupt over this pricing.

And I run Windows media center in Vista RC2/ It is in no way as good as any stand alone DVR I have ever used. WMC is horrible actually but that is the only thing I have to record OTA HD.
 
Yeah, that's the best thing you can do when you're losing customers like an opened drain plug...raise your prices!

FIOS TV for the win! 🙂
 
I have DirecTV and they gave me the DVR box free since I have been with them for almost 7 years after my contract was over. I pay like $6.00 a month.
 
I cant believe that I dont use DVR or pay for such things as TIVO. My VCR/ DVD combo has paid for itself a gazillion times over.
 
Originally posted by: FelixDeKat
I cant believe that I dont use DVR or pay for such things as TIVO. My VCR/ DVD combo has paid for itself a gazillion times over.
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Your VCR records in high-definition?
 
comcast HD DVR here for $10/month, which is subsidised by rebates. Thanks to double/triple rebate dipping, my net cost for comcast Digital cable w/ HD DVR and 6mbps High speed internet is about $15/month. I had Tivo up until I bought a 32" HDTV for $299. Tivo had to go after that, although I do miss the simple and eqasy tivo menus.
 
Originally posted by: jpeyton
Originally posted by: FelixDeKat
I cant believe that I dont use DVR or pay for such things as TIVO. My VCR/ DVD combo has paid for itself a gazillion times over.
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Your VCR records in high-definition?
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I dont need no stinkin' hi def. Im just a cheapskate who doesnt need to see every pimple on actors faces. Regular TV is just fine...for now.
 
Originally posted by: FelixDeKat
Originally posted by: jpeyton
Originally posted by: FelixDeKat
I cant believe that I dont use DVR or pay for such things as TIVO. My VCR/ DVD combo has paid for itself a gazillion times over.
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Your VCR records in high-definition?
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I dont need no stinkin' hi def. Im just a cheapskate who doesnt need to see every pimple on actors faces. Regular TV is just fine...for now.
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OK grandpa. Can you excite us with a stirring "Back in my day" story too? 🙂
 
Originally posted by: fs5
Originally posted by: tangent1138
it's still $12.95 per month for a 3 year contract
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who would commit to a 3 year contract with a company that has had 2 price plan changes in 2 years.
Originally posted by: jpeyton
$10/mo for Comcast Dual-Tuner HD-DVR...doesn't seem so bad now compared to the alternative ($800 + $20/mo)
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I hate the interface for the comcast box. After you've used TiVo it just doesn't compare. 🙁
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I've had both for years (at separate times) and really don't see any huge advantage for one over the other.

My Comcast HD-DVR is much faster than my Tivo was though.

 
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